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The Love Stories Again

Once school resumed,
I have felt more rushed because I have to make sure that my daughter is ready
for her school on time. I also have to get my son ready for his day care. It is
better when my husband is home but when he is not, the rush is more than I can
handle. Day before yesterday, I got late to wake up. It was almost 7 a.m. and
you can imagine the worst. Bouts of emotions – anger, rush, and frustration.
And I scolded my daughter who seemed to take forever to get out of bed even
though she had been awake a long while.

Because of this
rush, I feel like watching a movie peacefully, or sleeping without having to
worry about breastfeeding my son in my sleep. And so, I turned to watching
Korean Drama. Sometimes it is tedious to watch them, with non-stop episodes and
the slow run. But I watched three of them recently. And my husband warned that
it was the last one I would be watching. He does not like it because it
disturbs my sleep, which results in me not being able to be in the best of
shape to cater to my children. I agree with this. So the one I watched last –
which is called the ‘While You Were Sleeping’ has to be the last.

But I have also started
reading the love stories. It brings me memories of me in high school. I read
novels even when I did not understand meanings of many words/sentences. But in
a way, it also helped me grow and understand emotions better. I read them late in the night when my children have gone to bed and I find myself wanting to go on even when my eyes can’t keep open. When I was in class 12, I would pray and read novels so
much that I would actually wish I had the same passion for the subjects I had
to study. From one perspective, it probably did not take me anywhere in my
life. But we can also say that it did.

Even now when I
ready them, I get to travel, imagine, and be young again. And I think it makes me live better.

I felt as if I
have been straying. On 25th May, a group of us, including my family
members went to Dongkala in Paro, a very important spiritual place. I had
longed to visit it for a very long time, but somehow the plan never fell into
place. There is a road right up to the monastery now; though it is a very rough
uphill drive, it is worth all the heat and dust that you have to tolerate for
around two hours. Now, I feel as if I am on the path.
It is right up
on the top of the mountain, above all other hills and mountains; when you reach
there, you feel as if you are above the world. From that plateau of heaven, you
can see other temples and monasteries on the nearby hills. You can see both
Thimphu and Paro valley as well.
Dongkala
monastery was founded by Terton Tshering Dorji, who has left a footprint on a
slab of stone, now stationed inside the monastery. The main nang rten is the statue of Buddha which
is discovered by Terton Pema Lingpa from Mebar Tsho in Bumthang. It is said to
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